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Written and performed by Louis Barabbas

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The word "People"
Just means you and me
But "The People"
Means THEM
And The People
To you and me
Tend to be
A problem 

Because us people
Are so feeble 
While The People
Are strong
But direct their strength 
At their own ranks
And oh you can't go wrong

If you really want to run things
Then give the people something 
To hate

Pitilessly stupid
Like waves against a shore
If you give the people what they need
They only need it more
The best action
Is distraction
And disruption
And despair
The rut gets deeper
The sentiments cheaper
Who's really going to care?

No one notices the lies
When they're sharpening their knives
Hate

Non-conformities, minorities, differing priorities
Hate
Alternate sexualities, physical abnormalities
Hate
They're all in thrall to mystic pieties
Ignore their how and why-ities
Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate

So join the whining dining pocket-lining
Career-defining
Time of hate
Soak up the rising
All-despising
Self-aggrandising
Tide of hate

When accusations
Sweep the nation
Behold your willing congregation
Of hate
Everything will be ok
Unless you're foreign, poor or gay
Hate

Immigration, diversification
Gender reorientation
Hate
Other nations, skin-pigmentations,
Any form of variation
Hate
It is my recommendation
They're the cause of all your consternation
Hate Hate Hate

It's your hate so use it
Don't let anything diffuse it
Keep it close and never lose it
What is power if you can't abuse it?
Fear is unconverted Hate
Sadness: unconverted Hate
Weakness: unconverted Hate
Take these things and make them great

A feeling's worth a thousand thoughts
And the strongest feeling of them all is hate.

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from Project Fear: Four Songs About Modern Politics, released July 13, 2016

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Louis Barabbas Manchester, UK

Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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